Victoria Crater Vs Big Crater, Visibility |
Victoria Crater Vs Big Crater, Visibility |
Mar 29 2005, 12:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm not really asking a question really - just posing an issue
Mars Pathfinder was about 2.2km from 'Big Crater' which was about 1.5km wide. Now - Victoria is only half that size - but it says something about local topography that we cant see it from where we are now - about 3-4km from it. Doug |
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Apr 4 2005, 07:10 AM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
Looking at it again I think you are right - Victoria is a much younger crater compared to others nearby (Erebus and another larger one south-southwest).
This image shows an interesting pattern around Victoria (lighter colored terrain), but it's much too large to be ejecta from Viccy (which probably fueled by comment earlier). There has been much resurfacing due to impacts, and there appear to be some monster ones like the one on the south-east cornier of this image. I don't know if it's possible to tell though which craters were created during or after the "wet" period at Meridiani. |
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